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VARANASI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is not happy with the performance of Uttar Pradesh government in addressing issues related to child rights. A team of NCPCR led by chairman of core committee Yogesh Dubey is on a three-day visit to Varanasi, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) and Sonbhadra districts for a first hand account of efforts of local administration to protect child rights."We are focusing on issues like child labour, education and integrated efforts to protect child rights," nodal officer Rajesh Mani told TOI on Tuesday.According to him, the NCPCR team is not satisfied with the state of affairs. At a meeting of officials on Tuesday, Dubey asked district administration for proper display of Citizen's Charter for the NCPCR to spread mass awareness about child rights. To address the problem of child labour and child trafficking, it was proposed to create child-help booth at the railway station, said Mani, adding that the deputy labour commissioner was instructed to prepare a comprehensive plan to address the menace of child labour in a week.Since child rights is not an issue concerned with a particular department, there should be an integrated approach involving various departments for satisfactory output, he said. "During visit to the Central Jail on Monday, the team members came to know that a 17-year old boy was lodged in the jail three years back. The team members met the boy, who is now 20," said Mani.